Hon’ble Shashi Kant, J.—All these three Special Appeals relating to promotional recruitment on the post of Sub-Inspectors, involve common issues to be decided. Therefore on the request of the learned counsel for the parties all the appeals are being heard together and are being decided by this common judgment.

2. Brief facts related to these appeals are that :

2.1 Petitioners-appellants Constable 979 Civil Police Omveer Singh, Constable 1082 Civil Police, Satendra Kumar, Constable 1048 Civil Police, Sanjeev Kumar, Constable 343, Civil Police, Omveer Singh Nagar, Constable 204 Civil Police Dayachand and Head Constable 106 Civil Police Mahesh Kumar of Special Appeal No. 1495 of 2011 were working as constables/Head constable in Civil Police, Uttar Pradesh.

2.2 The petitioner-appellant in Special Appeal No. 829 of 2012 Rajveer Singh Yadav was appointed as Constable in Civil Police on 1.9.1988. In the year 2004, he was granted promotion as Head Constable.

2.3 In the year 2011, a circular letter was issued by U.P. Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Board’) notifying selection under 50% quota for filling up posts of Sub Inspector by pr